truthdig.com - 1/14/2009
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Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression? And why should we taxpayers be expected to double our debt exposure when the 10 still-secret bailout contracts ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
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Why rush to throw another $350 billion of
taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their...
political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression? And why should we taxpayers be expected to double our debt exposure ...
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Robert Scheer: Wall Street Robber Barons Ride Again
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Robert Scheer: Wall Street Robber Barons Ride Again
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... the first round of the bailout. Unfortunately, the subcommittee has no plans to make those contracts public, according to a Levin aide quoted in The New York Times.
That is outrageous. This is our money we're talking about. Why don't we get to read the fine print in what will end up being trillions of dollars in taxpayer obligations? Because we are suckers, that's why, and the folks who swindled us into this disaster can count on it.
Robert Scheer is editor in chief of Truthdig and author of The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and ...
Robert Scheer: Economic Policy Could Scuttle Obama's Good Start
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... in little more than a rearranging of the chairs, not to mention the commodes, of the first-class passengers on a sinking ship. It has been the biggest corporate welfare program in history, enabling Wall Street hustlers to cut themselves lucrative deals while so many millions lose their jobs and homes. I'm betting that Obama will try to put a stop to all of this, but he needs to hear from ordinary folks who are hurting and outraged.
Robert Scheer is editor in chief of Truthdig and author of The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened ...
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